Bath shower device



Sept. 24, 1935. A. CALLANDER J BATH SHOWER DEVICE Filed June 28, 19541 Patented Sept. 24, 1935 rates "i'h'i' OFFICE 10 Claims.

This invention relates to bathing appliances and particularly to a shower ring, that is,

a shower appliance which is adapted to be placed around the neck of the user and which has downwardly discharging apertures from which the jets of water are discharged on to the person. The general object of this invention is to provide a shower bath appliance of this character which is preferably made of soft and flexible rubher, though other materials might be used, which is formed to extend around the neck, also over the shoulderswhich is provided with perforations discharging downward around the neck and shoulders and provided with studs holding the appliance out of direct contact with the body so that the passage of water through the apertures in the body will not be obstructed and so that the water will be discharged in jets and will be held up off the body just high enough to secure the thrill of water striking the bare skin.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is so constructed that the water is evenly divided and flows equally to all portions of the appliance and "which is provided with tabs whereby the appliance may be readily removed from the neck and shoulders of the wearer or lifted up therefrom in case the appliance-itself or the water passing therethrough is too hot.

A further object is to provide a construction of this character which is so formed that it may be readily and cheapiy molded.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my shower appliance;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the lower section,

the upper section being removed;

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33 of Figure 2 with the top section attached;

Figure 4 is an enlarged section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, with the top section attached.

Referring to this drawing, it will be seen that my shower device is a hollow body formed of rubber and formed in two sections, one of these sections being designated A and the other B.

The section B is a perfectly flat section having the same form in plan as the section A but is provided with two handling tabs as will be later stated. The section B has, as a central portion,

a split ring designated generally ID with two lateral wings il. These lateral wings are cut away at the center as at I2 and it will be seen from Figure 3 that the section A has on its inner and outer edge the outwardly projecting flanges it so as to provide relatively wide inner and outer walls from which the section B may be vulcanized.

IS The central ring Ill is split at I4 and directly H opposite this split portion the central portion I0 is provided with an outstanding receiving chamher it. This has an inlet aperture I6 provided with a boss ll upon its outer face adapted to 10 receive or be connected to any suitable supply pipe, as for instance, a flexible hose, which may be connected to this boss I'I-by means of a nipple or the like.

Disposed intermediate the inner wall and the 15 outer wall of the central portion I0 is a partition wall designated generally I8 which, at intervals, is cut away or reduced in height as at I9. The intermediate portions of this wall between the portions l9 have the same height as the 20 outer and inner walls of the section A. The portion l5 has a wall 20 which surrounds the open ing It and extends to the intermediate wall I8.

The wings I I are exactly alike and are, of course, defined by the inner and outer walls and 25 between these outer walls, there is .a partition wall 2i which, at intervals, is cut away or reduced in height as at 22 in the same manner as the wall I8 is cut away and for the same purpose. It will be noticed from Figure 2 that the 30 reduced portions 122 at the inner ends of the wings abut against the reduced portions I9 of the central portion of the device.

t will be seen from Figure 2 that the circular partition I8 and the U-shaped partitions 2| in the wings separate the interior of the appliance into two water channels a and b which communicats with each other at intervals through the cut away or reduced portions of the partitions at I!) and 22 so that water entering at I6 will pass 40 into the inner channel a, pass around this channel, but will alsosimultaneously pass into the channel b, not only of the central portion II], but of the wings I I and will travel around these wings and be discharged through the apertures thereof which are designated 23. Theseapertures are to be found in both channels a and b and may extend entirely around the wings II or only partially around these wings, as it may be desired. These apertures open, of course, upon the under face of the section A and discharge 7 water downwardly against the'body of the bather.

The upper section B has exactly the same general form as the section A but it is entirely fiat and is attached to the edges of the walls of the section A by vulcanizing in an obvious manner. This section B has a central ring-shaped portion with two lateral wings but is also provided with outwardly extending tabs 24 adjacent the split, these tabs terminating in knobs 25 of rubber. The tabs provide means whereby the device may be lifted up off the body if it is desirable to do so, as for instance, when the water is too hot or to quickly remove the device from around the neck.

In order to prevent the appliance from contacting with the body of the wearer and thus having the apertures 23 obstructed by the body and in order that sprays of water shall strike the body with force, I provide on the under face of the section A the downwardly extending studs or feet 26 which act to support the parts free from contact with the body. There is no necessity of having these studs or feet on the extremities of the wings and these wings will slant downward against the shoulders and will be out of contact with the shoulders except at the extremities of the wings.

It will be seen that by forming the parts in two sections, one of these sections containing water passages a and b, and the other section being flat, my structure may be readily molded and the two sections readily attached to each other, whereas if both sections were formed as counter-- parts of each other, there might be difficulty in so I '1. A shower bath appliance of the character described, the appliance being of flexible rubber registering one section with the other as to prevent the leakage of water and as to permit of a free circulation of the water.

' by the use of my appliance.

While I have heretofore referred to this appliance as being made of flexible rubber and while in"many respects rubber is preferable for this purpose,'I do not wish to be limited to this, as obviously the appliance might be made of other materials suited for the purpose.

While I have illustrated a certain particular form which I regard as preferable, I do not wish to be limited to this as obviously the device might be changed in form'in many respects without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims. I claim:'

and consisting of an upper section and a lower section, one of said sections being formed to provide a plurality of interconnected passages with separating and bounding walls, and the other section being of flat sheet rubber vulcanized to the open face of the first-named section, one of 7 said sections being formed with perforations communicating with said passages.

'2. A shower bath appliance of the character described, the appliance being of flexible rubber and consisting of an upper section and a lower section, one of said sections being formed to pro- ,vide a plurality of interconnected passages with separating and bounding walls, and the other section being of flat sheet rubber vulcanized to the open face of the first-named section, one of said sections being formed with perforations communicating with said passages, one of said sections having outwardly extending, solid tabs constituting handles.

3. A shower bath attachment of the character described comprising two sections of flexible rubber, one of said sections being of flat, sheet rub- 5 ber and formed to provide a central split ring neck-surrounding portion and two laterally projecting shoulder portions, the other section having a central neck-surrounding portion and two shoulder portions, the neck-surrounding portion and the shoulder portions being formed with a plurality of interconnected channels, the last named portion having perforations communicating with said channels and having an inlet opening communicating with said channels and adapted to be connected to a source of supply.

4. A shower bath attachment of the character described, comprising two sections of flexible rubber, one of said sections being of fiat, sheet rubber and formed to provide a central split ring neck-surrounding portion and two laterally projecting shoulder portions, the other section having a central neck-surrounding portion and two shoulder portions, the neck-surrounding portion being split, the second named section having outer and inner walls fitting against the flat first-named section and vulcanized thereto, and intermediate walls fitting against and vulcanized to the first-named section but being provided at intervals with transverse passages affording communication between the channels on each side of the intermediate wall, the channels having perforations discharging through the under side of the second named section.

5. A shower bath attachment of the character described, comprising two sections of flexible rubber, one of said sections being of flat, sheet rubber and formed to provide a central split ring neck-surrounding portion and two laterally projecting shoulder portions, the other section hav- 40 ing a central neck-surrounding portion and two shoulder portions, the neck-surrounding portion being split, the second-named section having outer and inner walls fitting against the flat, first-named section and vulcanized thereto, and intermediate walls fitting against and vulcanized to the first-named section but being provided at intervals with transverse passages affording communication between the channels on each side of the intermediate wall, the channels having perforations discharging through the under side of the second-named section, the second-named section having studs upon its exterior face projecting downward and adapted to hold the appliance in spaced relation to the body of the user, 5 the first-named section having integral tabs on each side of the split forming handles whereby the section may be readily withdrawn from around the neck or lifted up.

6. A shower bath appliance of the character 50 described consisting of two sections jointed to each other, the sections together being formed to provide a plurality of interconnected passages with separating and bounding walls, one of said sections having perforations communicating with said passages.

'7. A shower bath appliance of the character described formed of two sections joined to each other and formed to provide a central split ring neck surrounding portion and two laterally projecting shoulder portions, the neck surrounding portion and the shoulder portions being formed with a plurality of intercommunicating channels, the under face of the appliance having perforations communicating with said channels and having an inlet opening communicating with said channels and adapted to be connected with a source of supply.

8. A shower bath appliance of the character described comprising a hollow body formed with multiple channels, and a water inlet communicating with one of said channels, the body being further formed in one face with perforations communicating with said channels.

9. A shower bath appliance of the character described comprising a hollow body formed with a middle neck encircling portion and two offset wings and also formed on its interior with partitions providing a plurality of channels, said partitions being formed at intervals with cutaway portions to interconnect the channels, the device being formed with a water inlet communicating with one of said channels and in one face with perforations communicating with said channels.

10. A shower bath appliance of the character described comprising a hollow body including a split neck encircling portion and two ofiset wings, said body being formed in one face with a water inlet opening and being formed on the interior of its neck encircling portion and the two wings with partitions dividing the interior into a plurality of channels, said partitions being cut-away at intervals to interconnect said channels, the body being also formed with perforations communicating with said channels.

AUSTIN CALLAN'DER. 

